More than 500 million rural people to gain access to toilets and other sanitation facilities with a focus on behavior change WASHINGTON, December 15, 2015 - The World Bank today approved a US$1.5 billion...

The project is expected to benefit 10 million people in the Kosi River Basin WASHINGTON, December 08, 2015 ─ The World Bank today approved a US$ 250 million credit for the Bihar Kosi Basin Development...

Having healthy mothers deliver healthy babies is at the heart of development efforts to make life better.But often getting poor pregnant women from impoverished rural areas to show up for health checks...

December 3, 2015--While the developing world has made strong progress towards universal primary education, the Sustainable Development Goals adopted at the United Nations this September now call for access...

To identify the most dangerous places in the world for drivers, passengers and pedestrians, it is enough to locate the following places on the world map: big cities, emerging countries and some areas of...

Increasing temperatures and storm frequency from climate change, coupled with rising seas, are driving important changes in risk profiles in Asia and across the world. In response to these critical impacts...

Across India, in the packed slums of large cities, or in the remotest of rural villages, men, women and even children make the lengthy trip to public water stations to fill their containers. These water...

WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2015 – The World Bank today approved a US$ 50 million credit for the Nai Manzil: Education and Skills Training for Minorities Project to help school drop-outs from minority...

NEW DELHI, October 29, 2015 – The Indian economy will continue to grow but acceleration year-on-year will be gradual, says the latest India Development Update of the World Bank. According to the Update,...

Public Audits in Brazil Policy intervention In 2003, as part of an anti-corruption program, Brazil’s federal government started to randomly select and audit the expenditures of federally-transferred funds...